Calling it "misguided" and "unnecessary", the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty criticized the controversial National Day of Prayer in a strongly worded statement:
K. Hollyn Hollman, general counsel of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, said "a day of prayer is more appropriately called for by our religious leaders – not civil magistrates, Congress or even the president."
"The government shouldn't be in the business of telling the American people what, where or when to pray or even if they should pray," Hollman said.
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